News Corp broadcaster among media companies cutting costs wherever they can. Plus: stood-down Bauer staff told they’ll miss out on jobkeeper payments
Budgets are so tight at Sky News it has stopped paying contributors for appearing on the network. Traditionally, the talking heads on Sky – ex-politicians, journalists and commentators – were variously paid between $200 and $250 to chat to the likes of Andrew Bolt, Alan Jones and Chris Kenny. Many of the journalists who appear on Sky programs are News Corp employees, some of whom were paid on top of their salary to do the TV spot.
Sky News host Alan Jones says “there’s no shortage of hatred for the man who sailed into Botany Bay 250 years ago and who is responsible for Australia becoming a British colony”.https://t.co/9d8va66qpt
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